Gas power plant in Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire. Approximate location 5.258026, -4.326531.
GasLagunesCôte d'IvoireCCGT · HRSGSiemens Energy: SGT5-4000F, Siemens Energy: SST5-3000
Atinkou power station is a 390 MW gas power station in Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire. It is operated by Atinkou SA [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 439k homes (estimated). It ranks #3 of 7 Côte d'Ivoire power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2023, it is around 3 years old — recently built.
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_atinkou_ctediv.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000406738; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 390 MW, Atinkou power station is around the median gas plant in Côte d'Ivoire (372 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); Siemens Energy: SGT5-4000F, Siemens Energy: SST5-3000. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Atinkou SA [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 5.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
For a plant’s outdoor hardware — heat-recovery steam generators (HRSG), expansion joints, valves, flanges and their insulation — the local climate sets how fast unprotected steel and coatings degrade. This site sits in an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #2 largest gas power plant of 5 in Côte d'Ivoire by capacity.
Côte d'Ivoire has 5 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 2,211 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 5.258026, -4.326531 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Atinkou power station is a 390 MW gas power plant in Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire, commissioned in 2023.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 439,251 homes (estimated).
Atinkou power station is operated by Atinkou SA [100%].
